Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines is embarking on the largest expansion of routes and service in the company's history, adding 19 new seasonal routes and service from seven additional airports.
Sun Country announced Tuesday that its network now includes eight new nonstop routes from Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport, and eight nonstop routes from in the airline's recently expanded markets that include Nashville, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Portland, OR. Additional nonstop flights from Las Vegas will be added, and Sun Country is starting service from airports in San Antonio and Providence, RI.
The additional routes mean Sun Country will operate a total of 86 routes across 53 airports, which marks a nearly 40 percent growth in routes served since June 2018.
“Today is a very exciting day in the history of Sun Country as we make this tremendous step forward in growing our airline,” said Sun Country Airlines CEO Jude Bricker in a released statement. “This network expansion allows us to provide even more destination options to our community, create new jobs in the Twin Cities market and further our reach across the country. We look forward to bringing our mission of offering leisure travelers safe, reliable service at a great price to more people and places.”
The announced expansion is part of a growth plan that will add additional planes and pump up Sun Country's Twin Cities workforce by an estimated 10 percent.
“When we think of MSP Airport, we usually think of traveling and experiences we enjoy away from our homes, but our airport also has a huge impact on our region’s bottom line,” said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who was also at a news conference with CEO Bricker. “Sun Country’s added network capacity will help connect even more Minnesota businesses with the rest of the world and bring more people into our world-class city. And the 10 percent increase to their workforce will provide good-paying jobs for the Twin Cities.”
The list of new airports being added to Sun Country's network are:
- Dulles International Airport (IAD)
- T.F. Green Airport in Providence (PVD)
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
- Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Sacramento International Airport (SMF)
- San Antonio International Airport (SAT)
For more on booking flights on the newly-added or existing routes, visit the Sun Country Airlines website.